Online Lottery Player Sweats Court Ruling on ‘£10 or £1M’ Jackpot Claim

Online Lottery Player Sweats Court Ruling on ‘£10 or £1M’ Jackpot Claim

A British woman is anxiously awaiting a judge’s decision on whether she won £10 (US$12.30) or £1 million (US$1.2 million) on an online lottery scratch-off game.

Joan Parker-Grennan, Camelot, UK National Lottery
Joan Parker-Grennan, above, was greeted with an animation congratulating her for hitting it big. Camelot says these animations are “for entertainment purposes” and the computer system malfunctioned. (Image: Daily Mirror)

Joan Parker-Grennan, from Boston, Lincolnshire, sued UK National Lottery provider Camelot in London’s High Court in April last year. She wants a summary judgment awarding her the £1 million she believes she rightfully won when she played the “£20Million Online Spectacular” game on the lottery’s website in August 2015.

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Australian Lottery Winner Almost Misses Out on $26M Prize

Australian Lottery Winner Almost Misses Out on $26M Prize

A man in Western Australia had AU$40 million (US$26.32 million) sitting in his pocket for a week without realizing it. It was in the form of a lottery ticket that he forgot he had bought, and one trip through the washing machine could have ended in disaster.

An Australian Lottery sign outside a retailer
An Australian Lottery sign outside a retailer. A $40M winner carried around a ticket in his pocket for a week without realizing he had won. (Image: South Western Times)

The man’s identity is still under wraps, according to The Sydney Morning Herald, although he purchased the ticket at a convenience store in Bennett Springs. The store owner told reporters that it had celebrated a

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IWG’s eInstant Progressive Jackpots Award Record Prizes

IWG’s eInstant Progressive Jackpots Award Record Prizes

The provider of eInstant games for lotteries, Instant Win Gaming (IWG), confirmed that since the start of the year, multiple record progressive jackpot prizes were awarded. The company said in a statement released Thursday that the Virginia Lottery, the New Hampshire Lottery, as well as the Michigan Lottery, had a stellar start of the year, awarding record-setting progressive jackpot prizes for the first two months of 2023.

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Powerball Ticket Stolen from ‘Rightful’ Winner, $2.04B Lawsuit Claims

Powerball Ticket Stolen from ‘Rightful’ Winner, $2.04B Lawsuit Claims

 

Jose Rivera, Powerball, Edwin Castro
Joe Chahayed, proprietor of Joe’s Service Station in Altadena, receiving his reward for selling the record-busting ticket, a check for $1 million. Meanwhile, little is known about the jackpot winner, Edwin Castro. (Image: AP)
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The prize was claimed on February 15 by a man named Edwin Castro. The California Lottery said Castro declined the opportunity to participate in publicity and wished to remain private.

An Altadena, Calif. man claims

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